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Heavy Hands is a combat sports podcast with a focus on technique, training, and all the finer points of face-punching. Find us in the iTunes store, or on heavyhandspodcast.com
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513 - Two True Kings
Alex Pereira had about 90 seconds before his body started to explode piece by piece--fortunately, that was more than enough. Also, Merab Dvalishvili i...
592 - Golden Boy
How much you wanna bet Dana White has some intern knife Magomed Ankalaev before the fight like Joaquin Phoenix did to Russell Crowe in Gladiator.
591 - Lite Heavyweights
The UFC returns to the southern hemisphere with a harsh lesson for the Australian people. Next: the White House.
Heavy Henka returns! And our bo...
590 - How Crawford Broke Canelo
Friend/nemesis of the show Kyle McLachlan returns to talk about Terence Crawford's career-defining win over Canelo Alvarez.
Breaking down Benoi...
589 - Last Nerd Standing
Jean Silva is now the last nerd standing. In other news, two of the best boxers in the world are about to fight.
Breaking down Benoit Saint Den...
588 - Rise of the Nerds
A compelling main event and an undercard full of pilfered regional champs? What is this, 2015?
Predatory instinct: how Max Holloway attacks: htt...
587 - Despair
A thoroughly dispiriting night of fights with two bright spots: Charles Johnson letting out his inner G, and Sergei Pavlovich beating a top heavyweigh...
586 - Dricus Takes it Lying Down
Dricus Du Plessis is back with his funniest performance yet!
Talking about how MVP is the only Bellator/PFL guy currently killing it in the UFC...
585 - The Unstoppable Force vs the Uncoordinated Object
An unreliable contender and an inexplicable champion make for one hell of a compelling matchup at UFC 319.
Reveling in Fluffy Hernandez's triump...
584 - Middleweight is a Joke
A meaningful but deeply depressing middleweight main event, plus a discussion of how to counter MMA's fast-paced, pressure-fighting meta.
Preda...
583 - Bobby's Sticky Situation
Sad day. Robert Whittaker has been beaten up by a Dutchman--again.
Predatory instinct: how Max Holloway attacks - read my latest breakdown on Su...
582 - Paid in Full
Dustin Poirier goes out with class, and Max Holloway's legend continues to grow. Also Oleksandr Usyk. Good weekend of fights!
Read my huge, two...
581 - Third time's the charm?
Our Max, who art in N'awlins, Blessed be thy name.
Read my huge, two part breakdown of Joshua Van vs Brandon Royval on Substack: https://open.s...
580 - Now that's a lotta glue!
A couple weeks ago we got Ilia Topuria and Joshua Van. Now we've got Tallison Teixeira and Steve Garcia. Oh well.
The first part of my breakdown...
579 - The Future is Now
Ilia Topuria has now killed all of your favorite fighters. His next target: your mom.
Payton Talbott also got a big test at UFC 317 and, while i...
578 - The UFC's Last Action Hero
The UFC is making an effort to feature all their brightest young talent at UFC 317. It's an actual, honest-to-god pay-per-view card!
Discussing...
577 - Titans of Brain Thinking
Sean O'Malley once again had a terrible gameplan. But at least he wasn't alone.
Joe Pyfer assumes Kelvin Gastelum isn't good enough to survive...
576 - O'Malley's Revenge
Sean O'Malley barely had any success at all in his first fight with Merab Dvalishvili, which means Merab had better be careful in the rematch... becau...
575 - UFC Health Checkup
Meet the new Apex card, somehow worse than the old Apex card. That's why, after discussing the only two good fights, we decided to give each of the UF...
574 - All in Good Time
Michael Morales is already good, it's only a matter of time till he actually learns to fight.
Sumo is back, which means Heavy Henka with Miguel...
573 - WAR
Jack Della Maddalena earned the belt the right way: by winning one hell of a good fight.
Sumo is back, which means Heavy Henka with Miguel Class...
572 - The Everyman Champ
The everyman champ, the action hero, the evil queen, and some French lady. What a lineup!
My in-depth breakdown of Alexander Volkanovski's brill...
571 - Kansas City BBQ
Ian Garry finally remembered what made him a good fighter in the first place.
My in-depth breakdown of Alexander Volkanovski's brilliant win ove...
570 - Jock vs Nerd
In this case, the nerd is the cool guy chain smoking at the bar.
My in-depth breakdown of Alexander Volkanovski's brilliant win over the terrify...
UFC 314: Return of the King
Now come the days of the king. May they be blessed.
More of the finer points of the facepunching: https://facepunching.substack.com
Suppor...
568 - Is Diego Lopes Actually Good?
Miguel Class steps to help break down the UFC's shocking decision to put on some decent fights.
How the UFC has squandered the potential of Stev...
567 - Sink or Swim
This Steve Erceg kid is really going places. The bottom of the Marianas Trench, for example.
A closer look at Steve Erceg's struggles coming soo...
566 - Mugging in London
A few words about the passing of George Foreman, and then we talk about an Englishman getting mugged by the Brady Bunch.
Move over Magomed Ankal...
565 - Please, sir...
Just one more title shot, sir? It's not so much to ask.
Move over Magomed Ankalaev, there's a new choke artist in town. My latest at the Finer P...
564 - The dog ate my gameplan...
Alex Pereira beat Magomed Ankalaev at his own game (fighting with as little effort as possible).
Move over Magomed Ankalaev, there's a new chok...
563 - Do or Die
Magomed Ankalaev has been frustrating us for nearly a decade. But does he have what it takes to frustrate Alex Pereira?
In our latest bonus epis...
562 - Problem Students
We're not angry, we're just disappointed.
In our latest bonus episode, Phil explains Grappler Baki. I thought it was a comic about fighting, but...
561 - Cejudo's Swan Song?
Will Song Yadong turn a corner against an aging Henry Cejudo? Will Anthony Hernandez become just another victim of Brendan Allen's anti-grappler mojo?...
560 - The Best Fight Ever... AGAIN?!
Thank goodness we got to see it a second time.
More like SharabullSHIT Magomedov, right? For more jokes like this, please listen to our latest...
559 - ULTIMATE WARRIORS
Dricus Du Plessis returns to run back the only boring fight he's ever had. HYPE.
More like SharabullSHIT Magomedov, right? For more jokes like t...
558 - Ant Warriors
The ant thing is crazy but I'm still stuck on how perfectly smooth they made Anthony Pettis. No human being is that glossy.
BIG THINGS HAPPENIN...
557 - Rise of the Machines
What with Merab Dvalishvili's internal combustion engine and Islam Makhachev's positronic brain, it looks like curtains for humanity.
January ha...
556 - Nemesis
My dead body
don't burn it, don't bury it
just leave it in the field
and with it, fill the belly
of some hungry dog
...
555 - The 2024 Handies
Shit man, I'm not even going to apologize for how late this is. This shit took forever. I'm going to go to sleep now.
Sumo is back for January,...
554 - Back for Blood feat. Kyle McLachlan
Back at last after a long (and not entirely planned) holiday break, this week on Heavy Hands we've got the GOAT himself back to talk about a heavyweig...